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Mailbox: Special Thanks to Dean Ostrander
As this big retirement year is in full swing, I do not want to miss the opportunity to thank the dean of the School of Music. Not only did he make my Ithaca College experience possible—and...
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School of Music's Double Reed Duo
IC oboe and bassoon professors host a worldwide conference on campus. by Chelsea Theis '08 Professors Goodhew-Romm and Morgan are no longer shoe shopping. In fact, they never were. But for over a...
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Gregory B. Rudgers '70 Finds Buried Musical Treasures
Retired alumnus continues to make important contributions to the wind band repertoire. by Julie Waters, M.M. ’91 When band director Gregory B. Rudgers ’70 stumbled across a recording in the stacks of...
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Harvard Bands Director Tom Everett '66, M.S, '69
Tom Everett is grateful for his life in music — as are his listeners. by Kathryn Good-Schiff Tom Everett feels about his job the way everybody wants to feel about theirs: “I do what I love to do,”...
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Honoring the Music Faculty
Sally Jane Ketcham Tanzer ’70 honors the teachers of whom she thought the world. by Kate Larrabee Sally Jane Ketcham Tanzer says the strong reputation of Ithaca’s music education program preceded her...
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Online Special: Wind Ensemble Wows at Cornell
The Ithaca College Wind Ensemble, conducted by music performance professor Stephen Peterson, performed John Corigliano’s “Circus Maximus” at Cornell University’s Bailey Hall in February. The piece —...
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Aluminaries: Leader of the Bands
The U.S. Air Force honors Colonel Arnald Gabriel ’50, M.S. ’60, H.D.M. ’89. by Alex Meril ’07 Raised in humble circumstances during the Great Depression, Arnald Gabriel ’50 discovered his love of...
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50 Years in Music Ed
Frances Cicero LaPlaca ’60 infuses her classroom and studio with grace and love. by Anne Ryan She was a second grader in Albany when she fell in love with the piano, but Fran Cicero’s Italian...
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Everyone's Got to Start Somewhere
Carl Ruck, M.M ’81, helps Adam Strube ’08 to begin his professional career — at the White House. by Alex Meril ’07 If there is one thing that makes you strive for more, you should pursue it,” says...
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Mailbox: Tales of Tom Everett '66
Your 2007/3 issue (“For Love of Crew” cover) was excellent, with great features. My attention was captured especially by the piece about Tom Everett ’66, M.S. ’69. Tom was the high school...
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Caitlin Burnett '05 Helps Others Help Themselves
Caitlin Burnett ’05 spends an eye-opening summer in Bangladesh working to help the disabled. by Greg Ryan ’08 Caitlin Burnett ’05 sat among the two dozen Bangladeshi women and children who had...
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Transitions: Music Dean Art Ostrander Retires
The longtime School of Music leader leaves a vigorous program. By Karin Fleming ’09 Years before the James J. Whalen Center for Music became a reality, music dean Arthur Ostrander was working to make...
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John Lennon Songwriting Prize for Travis Knapp '07
Recent grad takes top honors in the annual competition. Music-anthropology double degree holder Travis Knapp ’07 won first place and a $10,000 scholarship for his song “Before You Go” in the BMI...
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Mailbox: Kudos to Dean Ostrander
My husband, Matthew Jenkins ’96, and I have been following the story of the retirement of Dean Arthur Ostrander (ICView 2008/2). During our time as students in the School of Music, Dean Ostrander was...
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''Global Grandpa'' Frederick Startup '56
Global Frederick Startup '56 is "sort of like Santa Claus" to kids in South and Central America and Africa. by Greg Ryan '08 Frederick Startup ’56 didn’t want to leave, and Ruddy Acebo, the...
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Finding the Right Brain: Alysia Tromblay '83
Alysia Tromblay ’83 helps people “wake up” their whole selves. by Greg Ryan '08 It’s not often that a job perfectly mirrors a person’s passions. It’s even less often that it empowers someone to live...
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Stewart Goodyear Is Thaler Pianist
Stewart Goodyear performed for IC’s annual Rachel S. Thaler Concert Pianist Series. The renowned pianist, who has performed with the Philadelphia Orchestra, the New York Philharmonic, the Montreal...
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Ithacappella Men's A Cappella Ensemble in International Finals
Ithacappella, IC’s a cappella men’s ensemble, placed first in the semifinals round of the International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella. They’ll be competing in the finals round on April 18,...
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Multigenerational Music Connection
A half century of Ithaca High – Ithaca College collaboration. By Mbeti Hyess...
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Better Than Baseball: Jazz Man Jeff Barone '93
Jazz guitarist Jeff Barone ’93 has built a rich life around the art form he loves. by George Sapio...
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